Package tie



. PACKAGE TIE Filed NOV. 10, 1943 INVENTOR BY J4Ms J'CusHMA/v 42M, M-fM A TTORNE Y5 Patented Jan. 8, 1946 I PACKAGE TIE James S. Cushman, New York, N. Y., assignor to Cushman & Dennison Manufacturing Company, Inc., New York, N. Y., a corporation of New York Application November 10, 1943, Serial No. 509,729

4 Claims.

This invention relates to improvements in package ties, and more particularly to improvements in anchor devices utilized in conjunction with cord, tape, or the like, for tying packages, bundles, or for otherwise securing such cord, tape, or the like to, or about an object.

An object of the present invention is to provide a new and improved package tie composed of an anchor device to be used in conjunction with cord, tape, or the like.

Another object of the invention is to provide an anchor of the type before-mentioned, which is so constructed that cord or the like can be secured thereto and about a package readily to tie the same, and can be disengaged therefrom equally as readily.

Another object of the invention is to provide an anchor device of such construction that cord, tape, or the like can be temporarily attached to each end thereof for tying a package.

Another object is to provide an anchor device so constructed that a cord can be attached readily between parts of the anchor shank at the end opposite the anchor arms without tying one part of the cord to another part thereof. a

A further object of the invention to provide an anchor of such characterthat it can be made of wire, stamped from sheet metal, or formed in any suitable fashion from plastics having the necessary characteristics.

In carrying out the foregoing and other objects, this invention provides a novel anchoring device for use in conjunction with cord, tape, or

other fiexible tying media. The anchor in general is so constructed as to have two oppositely extending arms at one end thereof, and similar or different configuration at the other end thereof. To the latter, one end of a cord or the like is initially attached in any one of several manners to be described later, and then the cord is wrapped around a package in convention manner. As a final step the free end of the cord is introduced into the bight of one arm, over the shank, into the bight of the other arm, under the shank, and then into the bight of the first arm.

Tension applied to the end of the cord forces that by tension applied to the cord end, which pulls the last loop thereof from engagement under'the first loop.

If desired the anchor device can be made of wire with arms formed at each end of the shank portions, or with a simple wire loop at one end of the shank portion, or the device can be made of metal or plastics either with duplicate arms at each end, or with the bights of the arms at one end separated.

In one form of the invention the anchor 'device is made of wire with the shank formed 'by doubling the wire and then bending the ends to form arms. The space between the expanses of wire forming the shank is narrow so that with some types of cord it is sufficient to merely introduce the cord into this space to be squeezed and gripped by these expanses with such pressure as to eiiectively anchor the cord to the shank'and to prevent pulling the cord loose when secured around a package. With other types of cord a simple knot near the end of the cord ,will serve the same purpose. For the same general purpose cord can be wound two or more times around one of the shank expanses. V

Other features, objects, and advantages of the invention will become evident by reference to the accompanying drawing illustrating the same, wherein:

Fig. 1 is a view of one form of anchoring device, with cord of one type attached to the shank of the device;

Fig, 2 is a similar view of the device showing the manner in which other type cord, can be attached to the shank thereof;

Fig. 3 is a view of the device with cord attached to the shank in a third fashion;

Fig. 4 is a perspective View of a package tie in accordance with the invention;

Fig. 5 is a fragmentary View of an anchor device with cord attached to the end thereof provided with arms;

Fig. 6 is a similar view showing the manner in which the anchored cord can be detached from.

the anchor, and

Figs. 7, 8 and 9 are view of modifications of the invention.

Referring now to the drawing, and particularly.

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adjacent the bights of arms [4 and I 5. The purpose of such narrow space is to permit a cord I6 to be introduced thereinto and to be so pressed and squeezed between the expanses that reasonable tension applied to the cord in tying a package will not dislodge it from between the expanses. This isparticularly true of hard cords having a rough or ribbed surface, e. g., cord known in the trade as twisted cable and knotless tie cotton cord.

The use of the arrangement shown in Fig. l is illustrated clearly in Fig. 4 wherein it will be seen that the cord IS with end part Ilia thereof attached to the shank of device H3 is wrapped around a package in the usual manner. The package tie is comp1eted by passing the free end of cord l6 into the bight of arm I 4, over the end of the shank expanses H and i2, into the bight of arm I5, under the shank expanses and again into the bight of arm 14. Tension applied to the end l6b of the cord. forces the part last intro duced. into the bight of. arm 14 under the part first introduced into this bight in the fashion shown in Fig. 5. In this condition tension can be applied to the end [61) to tighten the cord about the package, but reverse tension binds the cordfirmly in the bight of arm l4 preventing relaxation of the cord about the package. At the sametime this. tightening tension pulls the end Portion IBa upwardly in the space between expanses ll and I2 until, with cord of the type beforementioned, a wedgingaction is completed locking the, cord within the loop or bend joining the expanses H and I2. The loop or-bend is on such a small radius that this type of cord canb withdrawn substantially only by a reversal of the introduction step, namely, along the length of the expanses.

To untie the package of Fig. 4 it is necessary only to pass the end l6b of the cord under arm 14 and into its bight in the manner shown in Fig. 6, after which tension on the end lEb dislodgesthe' cord trapped in this bight. 1

In the arrangement shown in Fig. 2 the device I is identical with that of Fig. 1, but a cord 25 of different character is employed. This cord is soft and unribbed, so that tension ordinarily would tooreadily pull the same from between the shank expanses. To prevent such action a simple knot can be tied in the end 26a of the cord, which knot will eventually become strained against the shank expanses in such fashion as to retain the cord locked to the device H! for all practical purposes. Cord 26 and device ll) can be used for tying a package in the same manner as described in connection with Fig. 1. Tape or other tying media can also be used in this fashion.

In Fig. 3 the device I0 is constructed as previously described, but this figure illustrates another manner in which cord, tape, or the like 36 can be attached to the shank of the anchor device. This member 36 can be introduced be tween the shank expanses from the. end thereof having the anchor arms and then wrapped any desired number of turns about on of the shank expanses, with the. end part 3611 extending as shown in Fig. 3. When the member 36 is tied aboutv a package as described in connection with Fig. 1, the part wrapped around the shank expanses so .binds the member 36 in the shank slot as toprevent its withdrawal undernormal tywrapped around the shank expanse is largely a matter of choice, since under ordinary condi-. tions afsingle wrap will be sufiicient, but two The number of times member 36 is' wraps as shown in the drawing insures successful operation.

The embodiment of Fig. 7 comprises an anchor device formed of wire in such fashion as to provide arms 40 and 4| at one end, connected to arms 42 and 44 at the other end by shank expanses 45 and 46. Thisv device. canube used in tying a package by first attaching one end of a cord, tape, or the like to one end of the device in the manner shown in Fig. 5, wrapping the tying medium about the package, and then attaching the medium to the other end of the device in the same manner. Preferably the cord is attached first to the end having arms 4!) and 4 I, and finally to the otherend, and since expanses .45 and 46 can be separated, as shown the latter attachment draws the arms 42 and VM close together with the resiliency ofthe device placing the latter attachment under constant tension preventing loosening thereof.

The device of Fig. 8. can be stamped from sheet metal, melded or otherwise formed of plastics or made in any suitable fashion of material having the necessary characteristics; This device has arms; 50 and M at one end joined to arms 52- and 54 at the other end by av shank 55, the lower endof which is in effect split to separate arms 52 and 54 so that the tension before described ispresent when the device is used in the manner just set forth.

The Fig. 9. device differs from that of Fig. 8 only in that shank 55, joining. arms 69 and 6| at one end to, arms;6Z and 64, is not split, but is i used in the same solid. Otherwise the device manner.

From the foregoing it will be seen that the present invention provides a package tie of such character as to facilitate the tying of packages,

and utilizes novel anchor devices so constructed that the ends of tying media canbe attached to the devices without requiring one part of a medium to be knotted to another part. Due to the absence of such knotting, tying medium can be attached to either end of a device and separated therefrom readily, yet a package tied in the manner described is substantially proof against fortuitous untying.

It will be evident that departures from the illustrated and described embodiments can be made within the scope of the following claims.

I claim: I

1. An anchor device for securing cord, said device consisting of a single piece of Wire and'comprising: a shank portion composed of two lengths of the wire, said lengths contacting one another at a first end of the shank and beingspaced from each other at the second end of the shank, the spacing being less than the thickness of the cord that is to be secured, arm portions at the first. end of the shank and extending on opposite sides thereof, said arms being inclined toward the shank at an angle of about 45 thereto and joining the shank at sharp bights into which the cord can be looped and anchored, and said arms having end portions extending substantially parallel to the shank. I

2. A package-tie anchor-device comprising: a shank having means at one end thereof to attach it to a free end of a cord without tying of the cord back upon itself, arms at the opposite end of the. shank and extending on opposite sides thereof, said arms being inclined toward the shank at an angle of approximately 45 3. A package tie of the type described comprising an anchor device for use in cooperation with a tying medium, said device having a shank and having oppositely disposed arms at each end of the shank for the attachment of said medium around the shank and in the bights of the arms, the bights of the arms at one end of the shank being resiliently separated.

4. A package tie of the type described comprising an anchor device for usein cooperation with a tying medium, said device having a shank and having oppositely disposed arms at each end of the shank for the attachment of said medium around the shank and in the bights of the arms, said shank being split adjacent one end thereof so as to separate the bights or the arms at said a shank end.

JAMES S. CUSHMAN. 

